The cities listed here are the 114 Mid-sized Metropolitan Statistical Areas, ranging in population from approximately 500,000 to 200,000.
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114 Mid-size Metro Areas (Ranked in order from most stressful to least stressful) Rank Metro Area 1 Galveston-Texas City, TX 2 Flint, MI 3 Fort Pierce-Port St. Lucie, FL 4 Bremerton, WA 5 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX 6 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL 7 Daytona Beach, FL 8 Modesto, CA 9 Brazoria, TX 10 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA 11 Salem, OR 12 Spokane, WA 13 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA 14 Olympia, WA 15 Melbourne-Titusville-Palm Bay, FL 16 Rockford, IL 17 Eugene-Springfield, OR 18 Lafayette, LA 19 Montgomery, AL 20 Ocala, FL 21 Merced, CA 22 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH 23 Corpus Christi, TX 24 Longview-Marshall, TX 25 Chico-Paradise, CA 26 Columbus, GA-AL 27 Saginaw-Bay City-Midland, MI 28 Fort Myers-Cape Coral, FL 29 Hickory-Morganton, NC 30 Charleston, WV 31 Kalamazoo-Battle Creek, MI 32 Anchorage, AK 33 Naples, FL 34 Yakima, WA 35 Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA 36 Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula, MS 37 Richland-Kennewick-Pasco, WA 38 Pensacola, FL 39 Visalia-Tulare-Porterville, CA 40 Myrtle Beach, SC 41 Lawrence, MA-NH 42 Atlantic-Cape May, NJ 43 Greeley, CO 44 Savannah, GA 45 Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa, CA 46 Wilmington, NC 47 Chattanooga, TN-GA 48 Fort Smith, AR-OK 49 Santa Rosa, CA 50 Worcester, MA-CT 51 Macon, GA 52 Salinas, CA 53 Lowell, MA-NH 54 Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC 55 Springfield, IL 56 Brockton, MA 57 Killeen-Temple, TX 58 Laredo, TX 59 Waterbury, CT 60 Boise City, ID 61 Odessa-Midland, TX 62 Bridgeport, CT 63 Boulder-Longmont, CO 64 Reno, NV 65 Canton-Massillon, OH 66 Jackson, MS 67 Fayetteville, NC 68 Springfield, MO 69 Reading, PA 70 Johnstown, PA 71 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL 72 Clarksville-Hopkinsville, TN-KY 73 Trenton, NJ 74 Tallahassee, FL 75 Waco, TX 76 Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX 77 Erie, PA 78 Amarillo, TX 79 Huntsville, AL 80 Lansing-East Lansing, MI 81 Evansville-Henderson, IN-KY 82 Roanoke, VA 83 Gainesville, FL 84 Manchester, NH 85 Newburgh, NY-PA 86 South Bend, IN 87 York, PA 88 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO 89 Duluth-Superior, MN-WI 90 Hamilton-Middletown, OH 91 Asheville, NC 92 Peoria-Pekin, IL 93 Lexington, KY 94 Lynchburg, VA 95 Portland, ME 96 Lubbock, TX 97 Fort Wayne, IN 98 Portsmouth-Rochester, NH-ME 99 New London-Norwich, CT-RI 100 Dutchess County, NY 101 Green Bay, WI 102 Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah, WI 103 San Luis Obispo-Atascadero-Paso Robles, CA 104 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR 105 Des Moines, IA 106 Binghamton, NY 107 Lincoln, NE 108 Stamford-Norwalk, CT 109 Danbury, CT 110 Lancaster, PA 111 Madison, WI 112 Utica-Rome, NY 113 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Lompoc, CA 114 Provo-Orem, UTView the Sources of the study's data.